Welding Back to the front: Getting the best out of welding gases After many years, Air Liquide returned to National Manufacturing Week (NMW) in 2019. Manufacturers’ Monthly speaks to Arnaud Voisin, marketing manager of Air Liquide Australia, about the buzz around its booth.
Air Liquide wanted to demonstrate the simplicity of the installation by bringing their 3000 litre Skid Tank to the show.
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019 has been significant for Air Liquide in Australia because they have decided to announce their return to centre stage with a large booth at the recent NMW 2019 in May. The company decided that the timing was right to come back to the fore. This is because they believed that it was the right time and platform to let Australian manufacturers know of its innovations and products which can save their operations time and money. In addition, showcasing at NMW is a great opportunity to discuss with field workers, listen to its customers’ pain points and get feedback on its product and service offerings. It was also a great time for 30 AUGUST 2019 Manufacturers’ Monthly
Air Liquide’s experts to demonstrate their value and discuss about the company’s latest innovations used by manufacturers worldwide.
The differentiating factor Air Liquide sees the shielding gases for arc welding differently. In the 1990s, the company launched ARCAL, its premium innovative gas product line for arc welding. The aim was to achieve for “Quality in Every Dimension” through improvement of productivity, quality of the finished product, while prioritising the environment and welder working conditions. Over the years, ARCAL has gained the trust of welders and now, in a market featuring a multitude
of similar products, Air Liquide aims at going further by helping its customers with a smarter offer. The company believes that this “smarter” offer does not have to be complex, according to Arnaud Voisin, marketing manager of Air Liquide Australia. “Actually, simple is a lot smarter. It’s only then that our customers can concentrate on the issues that truly count to their welding operations. This includes ensuring the confidence that comes with a gas solution that’s reliable, simple and always high performing,” Voisin told Manufacturers’ Monthly. In this respect, Voisin points out that Air Liquide offers four high-performing argon/ CO2 mixtures: Prime, Chrome, Speed and Force – these fulfil all TIG, MIG, MAG and Plasma welding needs on carbon steel, stainless steel and light alloys. These four ready-to-weld argon mixtures cover practically any welding situation or circumstance. Each one is designed to be reliable, simple and high-performing each and every time, no matter when, where or how much is needed. However, if that little bit extra is required, especially when the circumstance demands a product ready for particular high-end specifications, Air Liquide has its technical line of products, which includes specific shielding mixtures designed for refined needs and performance. These are of course, recommended after technical discussion with the company’s welding experts. “During the show, we proudly partnered with Kemppi. They used our ARCAL Chrome to perform on-stand welding demos with their
welding equipment. We are also very proud to be able to subsequently show to our visitors the resulting clean and bright weld with good wetting thanks to carefully selected CO2 content and low H2O and N2 impurities,” said Voisin.
Safety, savings and other highlights at NMW Voisin said that many visitors were intrigued by Air Liquide’s Skid Tank, which was displayed on site. “It is quite unusual to display a tank of this size. We wanted to demonstrate the simplicity of the installation by bringing our 3,000 litre Skid Tank to the show,” said Voisin. The Skid Tank is a cryogenic vessel with an integrated ambient vaporiser, which is ready to install with a skid serving as foundation. It is featured with Air Liquide’s new real-time solar-powered DALIA telemetry system, which ensures automatic re-ordering, real-time
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